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Accessibility

Entrances

You can access the Library foyer, Main Reading Room and exhibition galleries through automatic doors. All other areas on the Ground Floor, including the Bookshop and Bookplate café, are accessible through open doorways.

There are 15 stone steps leading to the front entrance. The steps have hand rails that are lit at night. Eight accessible car spaces are available in the carpark off Parkes Place on the south side of the building. Signage and road markers will show these areas.

Ramps

You can access the building by ramp on the south side of the building or make arrangements to enter on Lower Ground Floor 2 (LG2) by telephoning security on 02 6262 1376.

Lifts and phones

Our lifts have control panels that are at a convenient height for people in wheelchairs. On the Lower Ground Floor (LG1), opposite the lift lobby, we have a public telephone that accepts coins and phone cards.

Visual and hearing aids

In the Main Reading Room you can use:

MyReader2 enlarger for magnifying images onto a computer screen

Microsoft Windows Narrator screen-reading software

JAWS screen-reading software

Computers with large screen and trackball mouse

Magnification devices

If you are deaf or have a hearing or speech impairment, contact us through the National Relay Service TTY: 133 677, Speak and Listen: 1300 555 727, or via Internet Relay.

The Theatre on the Lower Ground Floor is fitted with a hearing induction loop for improved sound quality for visitors with hearing aids. Hearing loops are now available in the Conference room and the Ferguson room.

Wheelchairs

Wheelchairs are available from the Foyer Information Desk on the Ground Floor. All reading rooms have wheelchair accessible desks. There is a wheelchair accessible photocopier in the Main Reading Room.

Wheelchair accessible toilets are on the Ground Floor and Lower Ground Floor.